WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:06.719 Steve Rabera and Jake and sALS they have their eye on the ball on Tucson 2 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:11.919 Sports Stage. Chef Fox Sports fourteen to fifty. Okay, welcome back to 3 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.679 I'm the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. I'm Steve, He's Jay. 4 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:21.079 Now we have Ryan with breaking news. Still not working, Ryan, 5 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.359 I don't know what to tell you. I broke it. Yep, all 6 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:28.160 right, breaking news here on Iron of Ball. We're gonna start local with 7 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:34.880 you have a men's tennis Colden Smith continuing to do pretty well in the tournament. 8 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:40.439 He is down for the final four. Yep. Amazing in the individual 9 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.880 championship. Yeah, he beats twenty two, he's twenty s to twenty second 10 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.920 and he's in the final four now. And sweeter than anything is that he 11 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.399 beat an ACU guy today who had beaten him already. Yeah. And I 12 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:54.600 don't know if you've seen the video, but ac I was not very happy. 13 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:59.479 He threw his racket after after the final point. And I guess I 14 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.840 would be that upset too if I'd get one. If I'm seated higher too, 15 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:07.400 then I lose three, then I lose to an Arizona guy. I 16 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:11.200 think I'm throwing my racket too, So at least he didn't hurt anybody with 17 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:12.640 the racket. At least it didn't look like he threw it to where somebody 18 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.239 could get hurt. So well, it's a tough way to lose the match 19 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:19.120 to, you know, hitting it into the net right, and it would 20 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.840 look like an otherwise routine shot. Sorry, bummer for him. Let's over 21 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:30.480 to the Scottie Scheffler news that's been in the news for quite a bit, 22 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:38.359 so today Cup has been disciplined for not having his body cam on rights. 23 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.519 Go who's this officer? Gillis? Is that right? Does that name something? 24 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.519 But they let him go. That's what just on Twitter just tour golf 25 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:53.519 Wow by the LPG LPD lose Louis Police Departments, Louis. Yeah, what 26 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.480 looks like go ahead? I'm sorry no, So we we had some reservations 27 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:01.239 about I'm sure everybody had reservations about the whole incident right now that the video 28 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:06.680 kind of is proving people right, especially when when the guy is saying he's 29 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:10.199 carrying the officer and the car's going at a crawling pace. Yeah. Yeah, 30 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:17.840 and the video that they have, first of all, unless it happened 31 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:23.080 out of camera site. This cop didn't get dragged because he's he's reaching, 32 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:27.000 you know, the car stops, you see him reaching in. They pull 33 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:32.159 Scotty Cheffer out and he's immediately handcuffed. So you know, if he got 34 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.800 dragged by this by the car, it happened before the car gets into the 35 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:39.039 shot, so we don't know that. Then there's the whole thing about it. 36 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.319 He didn't have his body cam on, so he's disciplined for that. 37 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.560 There's no confrontation when they go in and and and you know, they tell 38 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:50.159 him to get out of the car. He gets out of the car to 39 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:55.199 the handcuff. So where the confrontation was that led to this cop getting hurt. 40 00:02:55.479 --> 00:03:00.599 We don't know where that happened or quote unquote if that happened. So 41 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:05.960 let me it'sh Let me ask you if you want to answer. You don't 42 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:07.639 have to answer because your your brother is a copy. Your two brothers are 43 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:09.919 a cop. You've been talking to one more than the other about this. 44 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.240 I was gonna ask this what did he what did he think? Because he's 45 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:21.479 he he knows how they live their life. After we first talked about it 46 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.240 on the show, he texted me and he defended Scotty chef. Okay, 47 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.560 okay, he said the cop screwed this out. That's exactly what he did. 48 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.599 Okay. And then the second time you talked to him, you said, 49 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:32.879 the first time you talked to him, no, Well, the time 50 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.960 I talked to him about it, Okay, you didn't talk to him again, 51 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.240 now, okay, no, no, so that. But his comment 52 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.719 was if he hung onto the car and got dragged, that's on him. 53 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.319 You're not supposed to do that, right, You never hang on, you 54 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.879 never grab onto a moving car because all that's gonna happen is you're gonna get 55 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.240 hurt. You're not gonna stop the car by, you know, by by 56 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:54.840 hanging on to it. What are you doing? And by the looks of 57 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.319 it, it was not even going fast. It was crawling to a stop 58 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:02.599 pretty much, right, So I know there's there's more to happen. There's 59 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:08.360 you know, the internal investigation is continuing. Whether or not these charges even 60 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.199 hold up for for Scheffler where he's got to address him, or if they 61 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:17.040 just get dropped. A lot remains to be seen, you know again, 62 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:23.680 anymore, and we know this anymore in situations like this, there's always video, 63 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:29.040 always right, So you can't try and say something happened that didn't happen. 64 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:31.040 So it'll be interesting to see what the outcome of all of this is. 65 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:35.240 There's more to come on it, but the what what I guess what 66 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:39.839 I'm saying is the video that's come out is not showing a cop getting dressed. 67 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.879 Yeah. Well, like I said, reports for our at least on 68 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.120 Twitter, that he's been let go. He was he was suspended or whatever 69 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:50.160 he was earlier or reprimanded or whatever the word you used, and now it 70 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.680 looks like he's been let go. Yeah, it was just like corrective action. 71 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:01.360 We'll see what happens with that. Moving over to the NBA, get 72 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:06.000 some news from the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have fired their coach, TV Bigger 73 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:12.199 Staff after five seasons. Cleveland was in the in the playoffs. Recently they 74 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:18.199 were knocked out by the Boston Celtics in five games. Yeah, that's interesting 75 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:21.120 because, like I told Jay H, we'll see what happens to Luke Walton 76 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:25.240 because he was one of the top assistants there. Yeah. So, and 77 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:28.199 Luke's one of my great guys. He's just a fantastic guy. We'll see 78 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.879 what happens. The thing is, Jay, if you're not if you're a 79 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.399 coaching, you're not saving your money because you go to eventually get fired, 80 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:36.720 right you know, Yeah, you got you gotta be prepared for that. 81 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:41.040 Sure, and it happens like all the time. Even he even took him 82 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:44.879 deep into the tournament, to the playoffs, and yeah, you gotta be 83 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:48.000 Yeah, you got to have some stuff put away too, you know, 84 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:50.480 know that you might have you might be out without a job for a year, 85 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:54.240 Josh Passner, Right, he hasn't gotten a job yet. Yeah, 86 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.759 I don't know. We've talked about. I think he's better off just staying 87 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:00.720 doing your money. You've made a bunch of money, hope, as you 88 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.480 said, you you know, you've You've you've set your lifestyle so that the 89 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:09.240 money lasts and you can do other stuff. And I'm sure he's doing well 90 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.040 doing what he's doing now on TV. But why why deal with the pressure 91 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:15.480 of doing that again, although I know he loves it, So yeah, 92 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:24.600 let's move to the University of Texas. Chris Delcante has been named the Athletic 93 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:29.759 Director of the Year by the Sports Business Journal. Yeah, and that was 94 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:33.319 an award that Desiree Reid Francois As, the Missouri Athletic Director, had been 95 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:39.879 nominated for and Uh and del Connie and their former Arizona A duh. Yeah, 96 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.839 wins the award. Not bad. Yeah, I know. He's done 97 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.920 some great stuff over there, raised a lot of money. He's a pain 98 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.560 in the neck. I know, I would tell him right now he's a 99 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.199 pain in the neck. But the good dude, the good dude. He's 100 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:54.759 from my neck of the woods. He's from Taos and the Taos area. 101 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.279 Oh really, I don't know. Yeah, we our families kind of know 102 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:01.480 each other from that. From that U he's you to the boy while has 103 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.839 always been. He's been that guy. He's been the guy you know. 104 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:10.319 Bert Kinerk loves him. Jim liven Good hired him up there in the Washington 105 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.040 State. He's one of those dudes. He's just one of those dudes. 106 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.600 You know. He's not around the higher ups. He's with us. He's 107 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.000 you know, like, hey, you got what's going on. He's one 108 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:25.319 of one of he's one of the most powerful guys athletic Texas, no question. 109 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.399 And he's done a great job bringing in some great people. Yeah yeah, 110 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.160 wow, okay, you were Bud. Yeah, Well, we're not 111 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:35.959 buds. Were friendly to each other, but you know what, your friends, 112 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:41.519 you give each other grief in a grief, you know, in a 113 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.879 hispanic grief way. You know what I'm saying. If you know what I'm 114 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:50.879 saying, I do y. You know, it's exactly what the hell you 115 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:59.639 up on the radio. ID a historic here this this past year. Let's 116 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:05.040 see national championship. Sorry, they won second second straight national championship in volleyball, 117 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:11.680 finished runners up in women's swimming and diving, men's tennis. Of course, 118 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:16.800 the football team went to the semi finals, almost made it to the 119 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:22.639 to the final game. I was kind of bowned about that, right, 120 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:28.319 Yeah, lead eight and women's basketball made the round of sixteen, and women's 121 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.039 soccer, women's tennis, and softball. There's a number one team in the 122 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.440 country. Softball, Yeah, there were the number one seed in the tournament. 123 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:43.799 Yeah. It's funny because we had Chuck Culpepper and bringing up the fans 124 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.440 right here think they're better than they are, and he says, well, 125 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.879 it's kind of like Texas acting like they won a few national titles and they've 126 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:54.399 only want to Yes, so you got that perspective. Yeah, yeah, 127 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:58.000 yeah, No, doubt. I mean yeah, I mean look again, 128 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:03.720 he's done a great job in Texas is a thing, so good for them. 129 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.080 Switching back over to the U of A, we talked a little bit 130 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:13.000 about the baseball team. The game last night. Women's are saying women's softball 131 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.639 softball right. They will start their super regional tomorrow night, still Water super 132 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:24.360 Regional Game one is tomorrow night. They take on Oklahoma State. Ye should 133 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.440 be fine. And they were again. They were at the They were at 134 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:31.840 the tennis match today because the Colton Smith's tennis that tennis matches was in still 135 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.559 Water, and so there's they were at that game again as well. Then 136 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:37.799 that was a really fun speaking of that's a really funny video of the a 137 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.039 SU football team. They were at the ASU baseball game this morning. Okay, 138 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.240 there's a really funny scene because a pop fly fall ball, pop fly 139 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.000 starts coming to it's not even in their area, and they scattered and they 140 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.679 scattered, they already put their hands over their heads and the somebody catch the 141 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:00.840 ball. That's pretty funny, but it would have been funny the receivers. 142 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:07.399 Somebody, what are you doing? Guys? Crazy? There were too. 143 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.960 You have a football a little bit of news. Former Ole miss running back 144 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:18.720 Kendrick Riscano he committed to Arizona. Didn't tell the guy from here go there. 145 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.960 One of the guys, the new Mexico guy who had transferred here then 146 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:28.039 went there to Mississippississippi. Just a trailer. You're just moving pieces around there. 147 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.720 It's like a chess board, right, but you make your move. 148 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.080 Okay, well I'm gonna make mine moving. Now you make your moving off 149 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.399 mine. And that's all that's going. These guys are just going in circles. 150 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:43.879 It seems like NBA Playoffs continues to night. Got the Pacers and Celtics 151 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.200 going for Game two at five pm. I say that, I say the 152 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:54.120 Celtics killing. That means they're not going to draft Kings canceled my bet. 153 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.440 I didn't. I didn't even look at it because it's going to be agree 154 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.360 with you. It's going to be a big number. Not worth the price 155 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:05.120 of stress. You're gonna do money line? Yeah, yeah, or even 156 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.399 close? But what is the line? Do we not? I think you 157 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.159 looked it up. I think it's gonna be about eight or nine tenth maybe 158 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:16.840 see spread is Celtics uh point five nine tense? I would give the points. 159 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:26.600 Uh, yeah, go ahead, I'm not listening to anything you say. 160 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:30.080 Do funny, Okay. We got a good game last night as well 161 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:35.320 in the playoffs between the Evericks and timber Wolves. The mass right, very 162 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.960 very close game. Uh, just a fun game to watch. It was 163 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:43.519 a good game that the Wolves had the They had the game pretty much till 164 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.080 the fourth and then that was kind of turned it round and yeah, pull 165 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:50.159 it off. They pulled it off, So good for them, all right, 166 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:56.679 Vince Golf, They they will start their they run at the title quest 167 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.000 in the n c w A Championships. I believe that's tomorrow tomorrow, right, 168 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:05.279 yeah, yeah, and you see Stanford won the women's overall. Yeah, 169 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:09.919 won the national championship. I'm shocked. I'm shocked. But Stanford being 170 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:20.320 good in the the country club sport champions God yeah yeah, they at Stanford 171 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:24.279 ended up pointing that. So there you go. Stuff football, right, 172 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.759 stuff football? The sport's not football, no, no basketball, no tennis 173 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.320 or golf. It's got Stanford. Who else Stanfford's good at it. Yeah, 174 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.919 but it's in cars bed. So that's we'll see how we'll see how 175 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.919 he's something does. It's a long tournament thing we talked about that it goes 176 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.399 like to the middle of next week. I don't know if you guys saw 177 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:48.240 this, but Bronnie James is attracting Dan wagers to be the number one number 178 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:54.080 one taking the drafts? Are you betting money to put Brinnie James to be 179 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:58.080 the number one? What's the what's the bet that he won't be? That's 180 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:03.960 never gonna happen. He's attracted the tickets to be selected. That's dead money. 181 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.440 That's just give me five bucks. That's give me five bucks. Give 182 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.360 me. Did you did you see that? The me yesterday I saw on 183 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.600 Facebook with one of my friends, one of the guys on the street, 184 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:18.879 walkers the street to the guys asking for money. Oh yeah, I dare 185 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:24.039 you to hit me with a quarter. He's cured of to hit me with 186 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.919 a quarter. That's how. That's how he's gonna kill money. That was 187 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.440 fast. Yeah, hit me with a dollar there? Yeah yo, the 188 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.960 one, the one, uh, the one that always stick with me. 189 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:39.080 And this was years and years when we first started seeing people people with signs. 190 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:41.320 He had a sign and said, oh screw it, I need a 191 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:48.159 beer. That was his sign, right, So that's it. What do 192 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.759 you got you haven't you have something? I have something? Go ahead, 193 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.240 our guy. One of the good guys, Kyle fog just wanted his third 194 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:01.159 straight Chinese Basketball Association Championship. The dude to do to the non description. 195 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:03.679 He can play basketball right. Yeah, He's won a lot of money, 196 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.840 He's built houses for people. He was named the CBA Finals MVP. Wow, 197 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:15.279 and still playing, still playing. He's four thirty five. Just one 198 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.679 of those guys you root for because he's such a good dude. Good dude. 199 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:20.399 Yeah, he was here at the end of Lowton. I think I 200 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.679 beginning a miller. Yeah, yeah, we'reun real quick. One last one. 201 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.360 Edwarder, who got his start here at the Airs on the Daily Star 202 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.960 became a prominent ESPN reporter, primarily doing football and covering the Cowboys, has 203 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.679 been let go at ESPN. Yeah, we hat of a job. It's 204 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:41.080 like that. It's a crazy This profession is tough. Yeah, you know, 205 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:43.799 you get you get some time in and the next thing you said, 206 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.919 well we're paying you too much. We got to get rid of you. 207 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.279 Yeah, that's what happens. All right, let's take our break. 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Steve Rivera and Jayden Salez they have their eye on the ball on 285 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:15.279 Tucson Sports Big yet Fox Sports fourteen fifty streaming live. I mean, iHeartRadio 286 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:18.839 WAPs. Hey, welcome back to Iying the ball here on Fox Sports fourteen 287 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.640 fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. He's Jagan's aunt now on a home. We 288 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:27.039 have new swim coach at Arizona, Ben yours coach. How you doing. 289 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:33.720 Yeah, I'm great, I'm great. Thank you for for having me on. 290 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:36.119 You guys really appreciate it. Pleasure meeting you. Yeah, No, 291 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:38.799 great to have you on. Great to have you here for a story program. 292 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:42.319 Right now. It's your turn to take it over and return it back 293 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:47.680 to glory. Yeah, that's definitely the goal. Man. There's a lot 294 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.599 of work to be done, but you know, and there's also a yeah, 295 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:53.240 a pretty big legacy to live up to, so we gotta get to 296 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.759 work. When you think about that, and you know, it's let's say 297 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:00.359 it. I mean, you're here because it's been a while since Arizona has 298 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:03.519 has been you know what Arizona used to be as a swim program. But 299 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:10.480 you know, what's your approach? I mean, how do you how do 300 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:12.039 you deal with that? How's that? How do you? Yeah, how 301 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:15.480 do you work with that? In terms of I want to get there, 302 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:18.200 but I gotta I gotta do things this way, and you know, I'm 303 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.000 trying to get it. You know, how do you feel about taking going 304 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.799 with a program that's had a lot of glory but more recently has not. 305 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:33.400 Yeah, that's a great question. The the legacy of the program, as 306 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:36.480 you said, is so strong. You know, you got to believe, 307 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:40.119 like, hey, we've won over national championship here it can be done again. 308 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.440 And so you got to start from that place and then from there. 309 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:48.039 I believe it's a real yin and yang. You know, like you've got 310 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.359 to set expectations real high to play ball in that park. You know that 311 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:57.000 that's that's true. You've got to recruit the people who can score it n 312 00:21:57.079 --> 00:22:03.400 T two A and UH, and you've got to prioritize and the scholarship money 313 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:07.079 in that space. On the flip side, you know, as you said, 314 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:11.440 we're not there right this minute, and so you've got to also have 315 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.240 an eye to development and finding those diamonds in the rough and making sure you're 316 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.000 taking care of the people you've got, because we've got some really good athletes 317 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:22.559 in the building right now, and you know, we've got to find ways 318 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.960 to help them succeed at higher levels. That's the como. It's got to 319 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:29.759 be both right. And you've done it very well in Vegas, you and 320 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:33.039 LV where you did very well, and now you're moving here and now all 321 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.880 of a sudden you're thrown into the Big Twelve. Your thoughts on that. 322 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.200 I love the space and the Big twelve presuming and diving right now, you 323 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:45.920 know, and a lot of the other conferences, ACC, SEC, Big 324 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:51.640 ten, particularly the battle lines are pretty firmly drawn. You know, you 325 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:56.359 could move into the ACC and you could do a great job. And it's 326 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.960 still going to be a while before you're going to beat Virginia women. It's 327 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:00.240 still going to be a while before you beat cow men, you know. 328 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:06.240 In the Big Twelve, though, with Texas moving out, it's a total 329 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:10.880 it's a total cauldron of competitiveness. You know. The space is wide open 330 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:15.480 for the programs that are gonna do it the best to rise to the top. 331 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.519 So that's exciting obviously. Arizona State men, I'm sure you guys know 332 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:22.519 they're a little bit of a juggernaut right now. They're spending national champs. 333 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.160 But uh, you know, they had a head coach departure and things are 334 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:30.400 very mixed up up there right now. And uh, you know we're gonna 335 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.319 we're gonna step into that big twelve space and try to own it as quickly 336 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.640 as we can. Okay, So when you when you you've been your what 337 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:38.559 cub just a couple of weeks, right or are you here yet? Less 338 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:41.440 of that? No, I'm uh, I'm in Las Vegas today. I've 339 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:45.839 got to go take my ten year old and the doctor to get his cast 340 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:49.039 off, and uh and I've got my high schooler graduating in a few days. 341 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.160 Uh, So you know, I'm bouncing back and forth right now. 342 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.000 And I've only been hired, you know, uh just a few days, 343 00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:02.160 and I'll be making my way down of Tucson next week getting ready for Olympic 344 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.000 trials at the Arizona Wildcat. Okay, so let me ask you this one 345 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:07.359 it because I was going to say, what's the first thing you felt you 346 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.880 needed to do when you got here. So what is the first thing you 347 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.000 think you're going to need to do, you know, when you're here and 348 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:15.079 you're start to start to dig into this job. Well, I've got to 349 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.759 connect with all the athletes, both returners and incomers. You know, that's 350 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:23.680 number one. They are our people and they are who we work for, 351 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:29.079 and so that's got to take precedence. You know, I've had the privilege 352 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:33.359 to talk to every incomer, like all the incoming freshman class haven't yet met 353 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.559 in person with all the people who are training currently at u of A getting 354 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:41.519 ready for trials, but that's going to happen real soon. I was only 355 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:44.920 on on campus for a day this past week, and so I didn't have 356 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.640 the time to do that, but you know that that'll be next step. 357 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.920 So that's number one. Number two is making sure that I've got the right 358 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.000 staff and I need to move forward and so we're working real hard on that 359 00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:00.440 space. And then number three is just playing simple, just a business, 360 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.839 you know, like the team needs clarity. It's like, hey, well 361 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:06.200 you know what's moving a week, Look like what's our mid seas and invite 362 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:08.279 you know, just real simple stuff, but you know, the families need 363 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:11.960 that, we got to do that. And then overarching all of this, 364 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:17.440 like simultaneous of all those three things I just mentioned, is of course recruit, 365 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.440 recruit, recruit. Yeah, I'm assuming that one of the appeals at 366 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:25.279 Arizona is one the place, the weather, all that, the program potential. 367 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:30.480 And your old boss is your new boss with Desiree. That's true. 368 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:36.440 Yeah, you know, working for Desiree is uh. She's a high expectation 369 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:41.519 leader, which I really appreciate. She definitely levels up every program she's a 370 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.960 part of, and so so I'm excited to be back under her leadership. 371 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:49.720 I told a story in the press conference earlier this week, so forgive me 372 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:53.880 if I'm repeating something. You do. You know, I had an alumni 373 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:59.559 stop by the office or stop by the pool back here at UNLV about a 374 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.599 week ago, just as soon as the announcement hit that I had been hired, 375 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.680 and so he came by to say goodbye. And he was a junior 376 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:11.319 and I took over this program eight years ago and a senior when Desiree was 377 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:15.559 leading ULV. And he said, man, that's so exciting. You get 378 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.960 to work for desre again, out of all the athletic directors I had, 379 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:22.119 she was my favorite. And I said, oh, that's I didn't know 380 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:25.519 you guys had a relationship. I said, tell me why. He says, 381 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:27.000 Well, every time I stopped by her office just to you know, 382 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:32.359 walking through the halls or whatever, she always immediately stopped what she was doing 383 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:37.000 and wanted to talk to me. He's like, that's the only athletic director 384 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:40.200 I ever had who operated that way. And I thought that was about as 385 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:44.200 good an endorsement as you can get for an athletic director. Absolutely, absolutely 386 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:48.200 so. About your time at you NLV, what what was the thing that 387 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:52.759 you thought that you did or the way you did that brought you the most, 388 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:56.680 maybe had the most to do with your success over there in how you 389 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:03.000 ran your program or whether it was recruiting or dealing with the athletes or whatever. 390 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:08.240 What was your best thing over there athlete development? Actually, you know 391 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:14.519 the metrics we posted here in terms of moving the needle from people as a 392 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:19.640 high school senior to a college senior, our numbers were off the charts, 393 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:23.279 Like in twenty twenty three, our women like broke the curve on that number 394 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:27.799 last year. I think this year in the men's space, like for example, 395 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:32.599 like that average improvement curve for a male collegiate swimmer is like two point 396 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:37.920 five percent across the country Division one, and I think the very best program 397 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.480 this year tipped in at four point eight percent improvement. We were four point 398 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:45.160 seven five, you know, so that was really all our hallmark. Like, 399 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.240 you know, whoever we get in, whether they're a blue chip recruit 400 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.200 or a diamond and the rough or you know, just to walk on, 401 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:55.440 who wants to be a part of something big. You know, we really 402 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:59.480 moved the needle with all those those demographics, and that's our hallmark. So 403 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.759 when you show up here and you were part of here for a day or 404 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:04.279 two at the most, was there anybody that you wanted to meet before you 405 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:08.359 before you get you know, left again, maybe a Candrea or you know, 406 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:14.240 Arizona has some coaches, Yeah, for sure do. I was really 407 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:18.119 blessed to meet a lot of the coaches. They came to the reception that 408 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:22.000 that the department kindly threw for me, So that was really cool. You 409 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:25.200 know. Coach Candrea was was out at the beginning of this week, so 410 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.240 I wasn't able to meet him in person, although you know, he's kind 411 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:30.880 of enough to shoot me a text, and I definitely look forward to connecting 412 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:34.799 with him. You know, one of my officemates like just down the hall 413 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:38.559 for me here, you know v was what was Christy? You know, 414 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:42.599 one of the Candres players like of six, O, seven, and eight 415 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:47.559 who's now in the Arizona Athletics Hall of Fame for softball, and so, 416 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:52.279 you know, I definitely look forward to meeting coach Candrea. But the you 417 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:56.480 know, the staff really and the support staff is what I really wanted to 418 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:03.720 meet with because that's so important that they know that they're critically like invested in 419 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:07.880 where the team is going to go, and without them, we can't do 420 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:12.319 anything. And I'm talking about Kendrick or academic advisor. I'm talking about Leanna 421 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:17.079 and Todd, our athletic trainers. I met with them talking about Day and 422 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.920 Ben, our strength and conditioning coaches. So I made sure to have time 423 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:25.440 to meet with all of them because it's not just about the swimming diving coaches. 424 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:30.680 That's that's important, but it's about the big web of Arizona Athletics support 425 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:33.200 staff that enable our student athletes to do what they do. We're talking to 426 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:37.880 Ben lures the new swimming and diving coach in Arizona, Ben Okay. So 427 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:41.400 there's a lot of things that go into making a successful program, whether it's 428 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:47.599 recruiting facilities, coaching staff, and all that type of stuff. You know, 429 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:52.160 there are there areas where Arizona stands out as far as that goes, 430 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.440 and then the areas where you know, you've got a lot of work to 431 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:59.519 do and what are some of those things that you've seen so far. Facilities 432 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:03.039 is a huge stand out. You know, to have an outdoor seventy meter 433 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:07.920 pool with a full ten meter diving tower, that's a pretty attractive thing to 434 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:11.640 a lot of a lot of the athlete, so that you can sell the 435 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:15.240 heck out of that, no question about it. You know, you can 436 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:18.319 get a lot of people from cold northern climbs who are just like they want 437 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.000 all in on that, you know. So I think the facility you can 438 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:25.400 sell a lot, certainly a legacy, you know, just a place of 439 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:29.960 Olympians, and I think you've got to operate from that podium. So you 440 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.799 know, that's something that's really hugely attractive in terms of what needs to be 441 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.720 better. You know, I'm not sure that I know just yet. I'm 442 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.240 sure there are some things, you know, like maybe it's some equipment here 443 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:45.079 or a support staff, you know, piece there. I'm not sure yet, 444 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.720 but that's part of taking over a program, as you figure out where 445 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:51.839 the weaknesses are and you turn those into strengths. And we're going to get 446 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:55.559 busy doing that. So coach, you're talking to two old dudes who have 447 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:59.240 been here a long time. A journalist, journalist by trade. We now 448 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:02.119 have a radio show, so we just be us on the show, but 449 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:04.880 I'm not gonna be us here. We talk about this specifically all the time 450 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:11.400 of you of a this year is have had a fantastic year from September to 451 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:15.839 now, so many sports doing really well, like the nineteen nineties. It 452 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:19.640 was kind of like the glory days. So no pressure, no pressure on 453 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:25.599 you guys to recover with this because I think that the program itself has has 454 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.759 kind of found its way finally and now it's moving to a conference. If 455 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:32.079 it can just hold, serve and do really well, the whole program can 456 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:37.279 be very very good, no doubt about it. You know. Billy Jean 457 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.680 King said pressure is a privilege, So you know, pressure is okay, 458 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:45.720 Like I feel like it's a privilege to coach here, and it's a privilege 459 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.119 to shoulder that pressure and see if we can see if we can make some 460 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:53.039 noise as well. Yeah, no doubt. So okay, so tell us 461 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:56.440 give us a little timeline for you. When you think you're gonna be down 462 00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:00.680 here, people start seeing you around campus, you're moving your family. I'm 463 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:06.759 assuming you say you got a high school high school age, somebody graduating, 464 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.680 and you have a kid with a broken Army said, oh, yeah, 465 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:13.960 you know, I got four boys. Man, they were playing soccer dodge 466 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.759 ball on the trampoline. A great arms is what happens, you know, 467 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:22.000 So welcome to my world. But but yeah, I'll, like I said, 468 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.960 i'll be there end the next week. I think June one is my 469 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:30.039 official start day. And you know I'll be on campus and on deck those 470 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.720 two weeks early in June, leading up to Olympic Trials. I'll be traveling 471 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:37.400 with Arizona to US Olympic Trials. After that, I'll be back and then 472 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.920 uh, you know, just getting ready for the upcoming collegiate season. Uh, 473 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.799 you know, we'll see if we've got anybody going to to Paris, 474 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:47.240 of course, But you know, I don't personally plan to be in Paris 475 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:52.160 this summer. You know, I'll be here moving the family as they kind 476 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.680 of get into July and then and also getting the getting all the pieces in 477 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:59.039 place so we can hit the ground running when school starts. How does the 478 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:04.640 timing of you're hiring affect you as a coach in terms of transfer portals and 479 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:08.960 all that? Nil? Or does it not? Too much? So when 480 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:15.119 a new head coach departs or is hired, you've got a thirty day that 481 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:20.160 the portal opens for both those teams, the UNLV team and the Arizona team. 482 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:22.799 The portal will open for thirty days. We're in that window. Our 483 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:30.559 normal transfer portal window closed in like three weeks ago, so you know that 484 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:32.880 one's done. But but yeah, right now, you know, there doesn't 485 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:37.759 seem to be a lot of shifting, you know, the team that is 486 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:42.200 on the roster that I've had the privilege to call so far, like everybody 487 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.920 seems to be stick and put and I'm grateful for that. All right, 488 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.920 good for you? Okay, well, congratulations, welcome to the heat. 489 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:52.799 But Vegas. Vegas has the same eats exactly, so you're used to it. 490 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:57.200 I'm looking forward to Tucson here. I've heard it's a little bit better 491 00:33:57.240 --> 00:34:00.599 monsoon season and a little bit cooler in the evening. So I'm all about 492 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:02.200 it. Yes, thanks coach. We'll say hello when we see you on 493 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:07.679 campus. Thanks guys, you coach new coach sounds a very good coach. 494 00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:09.800 Yeah. Yeah, he's done a great job at r N l V. 495 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:15.000 I. You you can see why why, uh, Desiree went at went 496 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:19.079 after him. She's you know, a known commodity to her and trying to 497 00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:23.840 get this program back to where it used to be. Well did you catch 498 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:30.800 this at the beginning. She's a high high Uh. I forget how you 499 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:37.719 put her as a demand not a demand but the results oriented r A D. 500 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.480 Right, you know she she wasn't win people. Yeah, you know 501 00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:45.199 we focused on Michael. Are gonna have to you know, buckle up and 502 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:49.079 understand that. Uh you know, there's the standards are going to be very 503 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:51.639 high, right, continue to be very high, right, which is good 504 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:54.079 because like I said, and we know this year it kind of set the 505 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:58.880 bar right and it's it's think about it. I know we got to go. 506 00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:02.320 But the year that they're having and in this year they got ready of 507 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:07.079 the athletic director. Yeah, right right. You know, I know there's 508 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:09.639 other issues that because of that, but they're having you know, the programs 509 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:13.920 are all you know, for the most part, in a good place, 510 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.239 and yet you know, they felt there was a change that needed to be 511 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:21.440 made. Kind of crazy, very crazy. All Right, we're gonna come 512 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.440 back. We've got our last segment of the week. So if you want 513 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.039 to give us a call talk about anything, We're not going to be here 514 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:29.159 tomorrow or Monday, so give us a call. Five two zero four one 515 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:31.400 six seventy four forty would be right back. If you're an Arizona men's basketball 516 00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:35.760 fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty years. Now take a 517 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:37.920 look back at the Loudolsen era. In my new book, Lessons from Loot, 518 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:40.639 it was a labor of love through the eyes of twenty five former players, 519 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:45.039 coaches, and friends to give insight to the coach and the man who 520 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:47.800 led them, competed against them, and inspired them twenty five chapters for his 521 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:52.239 twenty five years as Arizona's beloved coach. 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Come be a part of a 554 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:35.119 winning team the A Team apply online today at a teamsecurity dot Net. Streaming 555 00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:38.880 live on the iHeartRadio app. This is Eye on the Ball with Steve Rivera 556 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:45.119 and Jay Gonzalez on Fox sportsporteen fifteen. Hey, welcome back to my on 557 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:47.440 the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve. He's Jay Ryan 558 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.039 with us. Ryan looks like you and me your finished this, samon off. 559 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:57.000 Jace checked out. He checked out. Think about it. He doesn't 560 00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.400 realize he has to go back Tuesday. If you think I'm not here now, 561 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:05.039 wait until tuesday, you know. Just showing Steve a picture of our 562 00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:10.280 of our Rocky Point place that we go to and we're right on the beach, 563 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:13.639 and it's like, okay, the I mean, it's it's all. 564 00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:17.800 We don't leave until Wednesday, but I'm losing it already. Okay, anybody 565 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:24.039 want to call me five love to hear from you, Steve. What's going 566 00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:27.119 on? So there was a really fun thing yesterday. I don't know if 567 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:30.719 you saw it. So there's all kinds of video of this on social media. 568 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:35.280 So at Dodger Stadium during you know, during the game, there's a 569 00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.559 car on fire in the parking lot. It's just blazing, okay, I 570 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:44.800 mean it's just engulfed in flames. And the organist at Dodger Stadium starts playing 571 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:51.760 Billy Joel's song we didn't start the fire. And some people say some people 572 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:54.639 didn't think it was funny. Most everybody did. Somebody called it cold blooded. 573 00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:59.440 You can see, yeah, over the you can see somebody shot video 574 00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.599 and posted it. So somebody's like in the upper deck and you can see 575 00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:07.679 the car in the parking line and it's I mean, it's blazing around it. 576 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:12.119 No, no, it was kind of like not in a parking spot. 577 00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:14.360 It was sort of on the street of you know, one one of 578 00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:17.639 the pathways of the of the of the parking lot, and and it's just 579 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:22.360 blazing and then the organist starts going, we didn't start the fire. It's 580 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.360 just funny. As did you see this one where it happens all the time 581 00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:29.880 where one of the players gets a loose ball, pick it up, throws 582 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:32.840 it into the stands a little kid. The kid drops it and the old 583 00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:38.400 guy gets that. Don't the parents or the old guys know that that's not 584 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:42.599 how it happens. That's not how it's supposed to be. And we're happy 585 00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.239 to have them all. You just want to punch those guys. You're like, 586 00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:49.719 are you just dumb? Yeah? And it's a baseball, a freaking 587 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:52.880 baseball. Give it to the little kid. I saw that. I'd like 588 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:57.239 to see if it you know, the video stops and it didn't say, 589 00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:59.719 you know, did the guy ultimately give the ball to the kid, because 590 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:01.880 I sure hope he did right? Well, did you? There was one 591 00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:05.960 the other day. I don't know if he saw it with I don't like 592 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:09.000 uh, what's his name, the Shambo. I don't like him. I 593 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:14.679 just think he's I feel like he's really arrogant to no. No, you're 594 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:17.920 you're thinking of John rom he's the pricing to Shamba. But he taught you 595 00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:22.719 know. He's walking between home and he tosses the ball to a little kid 596 00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:25.199 who doesn't catch it, and the guy picks it up and runs and the 597 00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:29.679 shambles yells at him and get his butt back here. And he did come 598 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:32.800 back and he gave it to the kid. But you saw that. He 599 00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:37.840 tossed it to the kid and he grabbed it and ran and he ran. 600 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:40.559 Well, like you said, it's a baseball, it's just a baseball, 601 00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:45.159 it's just a golf ball. What's it going to be worth? Why I 602 00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:46.760 even have it? And what's the point. Yeah, you know, he 603 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:51.960 signs it to you directly. Okay, what's the big deal. But these 604 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:55.320 kids get such a you know, a joy on that, and you're an 605 00:41:55.320 --> 00:42:00.519 old guy sitting there and you're saying, I'm going to take that joy from 606 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:05.280 that kid and keep it for myself. I get really pissed when I when 607 00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:07.920 I when I see those, It does happen a lot. It happens too 608 00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:10.559 much. And I'm sure it happened a lot before cameras, because now we 609 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:14.280 see it because of the camera. Yeah, there's a great one, a 610 00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:19.280 great video of U. It's a it's a Yankee game and there's a kid 611 00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:24.159 with an Aaron Judge shirt on and Judge goes yard and this guy catches the 612 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:28.280 home run. It wasn't like the kid got it. He catches the home 613 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.599 run and then he gives it to the kid, you know, and the 614 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:35.119 kid starts balling right and he goes and he gives a guy a hug, 615 00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:37.639 and you know it's just a moment, right, It's like that was so 616 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:44.559 easy to do. Why more people don't do that? He made the kids 617 00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:49.760 not his day, He made his like millennium, right, and and it's 618 00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:52.000 that's so easy to do. I could have kept the ball. It was 619 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:54.159 an Aaron Judge home run. I got it. But you know he knew 620 00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:57.679 the kid. You know, the kid is sitting there with his glove and 621 00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:00.199 the Judge jersey and stuff, and he's a couple of seats over and he 622 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:01.679 gives them the ball. Did you see the one? I don't know how 623 00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:06.360 long ago this one. This is a Dodger Dodger one where the guy in 624 00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:08.519 the outfield, he catches a home run, catches a home run. He 625 00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:12.360 had a ball and oh yes, yes, in his pocket. So we 626 00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:15.920 threw the ball from his bucket back into the and then moments later somebody texted 627 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:22.360 him we cut it off. Pretty funny. That's a good one. Love 628 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.880 the Dodger fans. Let's take this call. Hi, you're on the air 629 00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:27.480 and I on the ball. Oh hey, hey guys, this is a 630 00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:30.920 dog. How you doing good? Good? How are you? I was 631 00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:32.119 actually checking. Hey, Steve good is talk to you again? Man? 632 00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:37.199 I was just wondering. I thought you might be having Steve Kerr on today 633 00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:40.639 that I miss We had him yesterday yesterday. Yeah, you gotta go to 634 00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:45.599 the podcast I need d Yeah. Yeah, we put that posted on Twitter, 635 00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:49.280 So go to our Twitter feed and you can find the pod. Oh, 636 00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.000 that'd be great. I will check it out for sure. Since I 637 00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:54.559 got you though, did you guys already talk about the implications for the baseball 638 00:43:54.599 --> 00:44:00.719 game tonight? Yes? Yeah, so yeah, it doesn't matter what happens 639 00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:06.280 tonight except for Oregon State? Is what you guys thought about the like, 640 00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.920 some folks want us to tank it? Yeah, yeah, we can get 641 00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:12.440 State out of the bracket. Have you already discussed that. I don't want 642 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:14.400 to. I don't want to see him tank it. But I don't blame 643 00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:17.320 Chip Hale if he doesn't use any of his top pitchers the game that you 644 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:21.079 know, I mean, if they're doing it for that reason, I don't 645 00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:23.639 care. But he's not. Look, Chip's not going to tank a game 646 00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:27.679 on purpose. He's not going to like put all his scrubs in the game, 647 00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:30.800 so that Oregon State, you know, is out. But I could 648 00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:34.679 see him say I could, and I wouldn't blame him if he said, 649 00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:37.880 I'm not pitching my any of my three starting pitchers, you know, I 650 00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:40.559 you know I need them, I mean, or even if if he starts 651 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:45.519 Jackson can't maybe he's got a short le count, and then just start bringing 652 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:49.440 in bullpen guy, right, because you know what happens, you know what 653 00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:52.800 always happens in that to me, you do that, you set up what 654 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:54.280 you want to get set up, and then you still get beat by somebody 655 00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:57.840 else. It's not supposed to beat you, right, right, Yeah, 656 00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:00.000 I mean cal is actually no picnic. They've been high, right, They've 657 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:02.079 they've been winning tons of games. So it's yeah, it's kind of like 658 00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:06.400 watch what you wish for kind of thing, right, and watch out for 659 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:07.960 Stanford. Right, look at you look at what Stanford just dead. You 660 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:13.840 know they you know, they they beat you know, they beat a su 661 00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:15.119 in Oregon State. All of a sudden, they're you know, they're in 662 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:19.679 the bracket against you. Watch out for Stanford. Yeah, but there was 663 00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:22.559 a reason they're the nine seed that they came in losing ten in a row 664 00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:24.760 into the tournament. So you'd still like to take your chances against them versus 665 00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:30.199 you know, USC or ar State or COL. But yeah, I don't 666 00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:32.440 know. I'm obviously I want you to win every game we have to play 667 00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:36.679 in every and everything. Yeah, this is the one case where it's like, 668 00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:37.639 if we do lose tonight, I'm not going to lose a ton of 669 00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:39.920 sleep over it. But yeah, but here's the here's the thing I'll say. 670 00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:44.199 Let me say it's real quick, Steve. You know Arizona doesn't want 671 00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:45.840 to lose a game, right, They're still trying to host, and so 672 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:49.840 you know, there's that so they you know, they lose to COL. 673 00:45:49.880 --> 00:45:53.199 It's kind of like even even if they win the whole thing, that would 674 00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:57.159 give the committee a reason to not let them. Will say, well, 675 00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:59.920 you, yeah, you won your tournament, but you lost to these guys. 676 00:46:00.280 --> 00:46:01.880 So yeah, I mean Cal's a bubble team, so yeah. But 677 00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:05.639 but it's true, and you you also just want to keep the winning mentality 678 00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:08.519 from the momentum going and not and not show your guys that, you know, 679 00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:12.679 we can just give up a game not care about it. So so 680 00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:15.199 Doug, don't you know even if we try and even if we try to 681 00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:19.000 win the game, Couch could still win tonight they're they're a decent team. 682 00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:21.559 So yeah, Doug, don't have to see It'll be interesting to see how 683 00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:23.519 they approach it. Don't leave right now because I'm gonna ask you about Uh, 684 00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:27.519 Doug is one of the big basketball fans. I'll tell you who he 685 00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:31.599 is later, but uh, uh tell me your thoughts on your thoughts on 686 00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:35.360 Tommy Lloyd and what he's done three years, because I know you're close to 687 00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:37.519 the program. Oh yeah, I mean I'm not close in terms of like 688 00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:42.079 inside connections or anything, but I certainly bleed red and blue and follow it. 689 00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:45.320 I mean, it's just kind of amazing, you know. Uh, 690 00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:47.320 I will say, like every off season so far, we've all sort of 691 00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:52.039 panicked. The roster looks depleted, everyone's transferred, everyone's going pro you know, 692 00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:57.599 whether it's Mathren and Terry and Coloco or to Bellis and Cresa, you 693 00:46:57.599 --> 00:47:00.760 know whoever it is. But he has proven now that he can reload, 694 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:05.400 and he can reload all three ways. He can reload from high school, 695 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:08.840 he can reload through transfers, he can reload internationally, and so just in 696 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:14.239 terms of putting a roster together, you've got a ton of confidence in terms 697 00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:17.239 of what he does with it in terms of game management. You know, 698 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:21.800 I think the jury is still out in terms of winning the really big games. 699 00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:24.519 You know, there's a lot of criticism that we weren't driving the ball 700 00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:30.280 enough against Clemson, that kind of thing. You know, I still stand 701 00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:32.000 behind the guy. I love him. In terms of his personality for Tucson. 702 00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:37.880 I just think having that sort of transparent, fun loving you know, 703 00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:40.400 let's go play pickle ball, let's go you know, have a drink at 704 00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:44.639 rink on Market or whatever. I just think that's fun. That's fun to 705 00:47:44.679 --> 00:47:47.119 have in the community. Yeah. Yeah, But as far as like getting 706 00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:50.840 over the hump, I mean, Sean Miller never got over the hump and 707 00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:52.800 he had his own style, and Tommy is a very different style and he 708 00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:55.679 hasn't gotten over the hump. So it's hard to be for any of us 709 00:47:55.679 --> 00:48:00.920 to be super satisfied with any coach until they do it there. And again, 710 00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:04.280 he's only he's only been here three years. But it's only three years. 711 00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:07.599 Yeah, when you look at Shayshevski or Dean Smith or you know, 712 00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:10.519 Tom Izzo or some of these other guys Bill, so they didn't break through 713 00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:15.840 right away either. So absolutely we need to be patient with that. Okay, 714 00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:17.039 thanks, Doug. Appreciate it. Doug, thanks a bunch. I 715 00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:21.199 appreciate it. Thank you. Man. Great call, Yeah, great call. 716 00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:23.320 I'll tell you who he is out there. Yeah, that's really good, 717 00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:31.360 A reasonable like mouthful guy. You know exactly how people should feel instead 718 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:36.639 of you know, I think we we don't have recruits. I think we 719 00:48:36.719 --> 00:48:38.840 have more reasonable Honestly, I'm not trying to most smoke up, but but 720 00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:45.039 we have more reasonable callers or listeners because they're older, they've seen more. 721 00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:49.679 You're the most unreasonable one. You're inside the house. The Collins coming from 722 00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:53.480 inside the house, right, help me out here. You know exactly what 723 00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:58.840 I'm saying. You know exactly what I'm saying because they they've been through it 724 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.559 all they can know. And Doug's one of those guys. Doug is the 725 00:49:01.599 --> 00:49:06.880 fate the face paint guys who carries the signs and runs around. Oh okay, 726 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:09.320 yeah yeah behind you. I know, I know who you're so. 727 00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:13.679 He's a Rabbit fan. He's a good dude. I see him every now 728 00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:16.599 and again. He's also the guy who carried the sign and vindicated. Yeah, 729 00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:20.159 yeah, yeah, I know, I know exactly who you're talking about. 730 00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:23.639 So he has some depth to his comfort. It's not like permanently those 731 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:28.000 colors you wouldn't recognize them in the streets. But that's who he is. 732 00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:31.119 That's too funny, you know what I mean, guys. You know, 733 00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:34.800 guys, a legend of you know, Michaale. Yeah, yeah, he 734 00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:38.000 runs around and around there for I mean, I mean you see him at 735 00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:42.519 your at you know, out of town arenas and stuff like that. Let's 736 00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:45.880 take this last call, Hire on the aar and eye on the ball after 737 00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:50.039 you, guys, this is your buddy, Gabe. How you guys are 738 00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:52.639 doing good? Gabe? You're calling it the last minute, so you got 739 00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:58.079 about a minute, okay. Cool. I'm very happy that I got a 740 00:49:58.440 --> 00:50:04.599 running back transfer for from Ole miss And I think it's very hilarious that Jaden 741 00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:14.760 Aristauna is gonna sue Florida or not receiving thirteen point one million thirteen point one 742 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:21.000 million dollars. And it's gonna be really even more funny if if you know, 743 00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:24.800 you know, my name is Jetfish, so you guys, so players 744 00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:30.159 do not take some money unlike me. My name is Jetfish and I'm a 745 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:37.159 raking. Not's just don't be taking money, except except it was for me. 746 00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:43.239 I'm jet fish. I'm the only one that matters. So I think 747 00:50:43.280 --> 00:50:50.400 it's pretty funny if Florida doesn't hire him, or or or it does hire 748 00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:54.960 him at Washington if Jeffish goes seven and six. So either way, Jeff 749 00:50:55.519 --> 00:51:01.320 Jeffish is gonna get bitten in the apt Oh anyway, so thanks, you 750 00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:04.960 just made it under the minute mark. You did. Thank you get good 751 00:51:04.960 --> 00:51:09.039 to hear from you. Thanks about Dave gave Jame j came in he hadn't 752 00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:12.159 heard from him. He gave. Yeah, he came in strong too, 753 00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:15.320 with the dead fish and pressure. Love it, love it, love it, 754 00:51:15.360 --> 00:51:19.519 love it. Well. In terms of fans calling in pragmatic, well, 755 00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:25.639 there was the idea, all right, it's hey, it's been a 756 00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:29.760 great week. Uh, you know, starting with you know at Orosburg Mike 757 00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:31.960 Care on Monday. You know, having Cam dre in here is always a 758 00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:35.920 great thing. Uh. Pete Williams and Jim live and good. I got 759 00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:38.519 a lot of good response to you the live and good interview. People feeling 760 00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:42.159 like, you know, there's a guy who you could just really really cared 761 00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:45.599 and still cares about Arizona. You know, it's very cool and then of 762 00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:49.199 course we had Steve Curry yesterday kind of on a uh, sort of a 763 00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:51.960 surprise thing. We've been trying to get him and we thought we had him 764 00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:54.039 lined up, and he was, you know, can I come on today? 765 00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:57.199 And we said like great, of course we're not gonna tell Steve Curry 766 00:51:57.199 --> 00:52:00.280 you can't come on, so you might not get him better. Hey, 767 00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:05.280 so but he came on. If you want to hear that again, that 768 00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:08.920 that's on, that's go to our either of our podcast page on iHeart uh 769 00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:14.440 Apple Podcasts, or you can see it on on Steve's Facebook. You can 770 00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:16.199 see it on our twitter feed. You can also get it on Spotify, 771 00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:19.840 so you can go back and listen to that, like you can listen to 772 00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:22.480 any of any of the podcasts we do. We do put them up. 773 00:52:22.480 --> 00:52:24.960 So it's been a fun week. We're out of here, not here tomorrow, 774 00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:29.360 not here on Monday. We'll be back on Tuesday, and then I'm 775 00:52:29.360 --> 00:52:30.639 gone the rest of the week. After that. Steve will be running the 776 00:52:30.639 --> 00:52:34.719 show. Don't call him sick on Tuesday. I'll be here on Tuesday. 777 00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:37.519 Well, my body will be here on Tuesday. I can't promise what what 778 00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:40.280 else will be here? Or not be here on Tuesday. Ryan, You'll 779 00:52:40.280 --> 00:52:44.639 be here Tuesday, alrighty man, Hey, thanks to everybody. I hope 780 00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:47.639 you have a great weekend. Be safe, be smart, and we'll see 781 00:52:47.639 --> 00:52:49.280 you on Tuesday.